The end of the night and the start of the morning.

So I was feeling refreshed. You know this already, but due to the way Frey’s powers work, sex gives me energy. I even sobered up a little, so I was ready to get another drink and party on until the sun rose. And the spirit was there for the girls, too. Only the spirit, though.

We played and talked for about one more hour, but our party night got cut short by an admittedly very adorable sight. We all watched in silence the moment we noticed it was happening.

Noelle was nodding off on her seat. She set her cards face down on the table and rubbed her sleepy eyes. Soon enough, her eyes were closed and her head was falling forward. She would catch herself, straighten up and open her eyes, but it wasn’t long before she was nodding off again.

Alice giggled tiredly. She let out a yawn of her own and turned to us. “I’m sorry. I don’t think I can go on, either.”

“I’m surprised you lasted this long,” Sarah said. “With how much you’ve drank, I mean. I know you’re both capable of all-nighters.”

“N-No, I can… I can still…” Noelle complained, but she was clearly a pillow away from passing out.

“There’s no point in forcing yourself,” Diana told her.

“Let’s start getting ready for bed, then,” Grace said, standing up.

“Yeah,” Mila said with a yawn of her own, stretching her arms up. “This was a fun day. Can’t wait to do it again sometime.”

“Agreed. If… that’s okay with you,” Alice told Diana.

“Please, this is the liveliest my house has been in years.” Diana snickered. “Actually, it’s the liveliest I’VE been in years. You’re always welcome here. Only next time you’re bringing the booze.”

Sarah winced. “Yeah… we went a little overboard with your personal stock, huh? Sorry about that.”

Diana chuckled and shook her head. “Don’t worry. Are you girls… okay with ending it here for tonight, though?” she asked, eyeing Sarah and Grace.

Yeah, those two and Noelle were the only ones not to get off tonight. And after all that fooling around…

“It’s fine. We have our personal love nest at school,” Grace said. “He’ll pay us back soon enough.”

“Besides, we don’t want to get carried away,” Sarah said. “It’s your house.”

After all we’d done already, it might sound strange for her to say that, but I got it. This was still our first night together. Just because things were moving fast and smoothly didn’t mean we could feel free to do whatever we wanted. We needed to respect whatever boundaries Diana set. Though the woman herself wasn’t sure what those were yet.

“...Alright. If you think that’s for the best.”

“So how are we sleeping?” I asked her.

“We talked about it before,” Alice said. “Grace and I will take the guest room with two beds.”

“We both tend to toss and turn a lot,” Grace said.

“And since Noelle, Mila and I move the least in our sleep, we’ll share Diana’s bed.

“Wait, meaning…”

“Yep. You sleep with Diana.”

A little nervous, I turned to her. “W-Where?”

She smiled at me. “My dad’s old bedroom.”

Oh. Well… I guess it made sense. I wouldn’t be comfortable letting most people use a late family member’s room. If anyone had to do it, the most sensible choice was Diana herself.

“Sorry love, we talked this out before you got here. You okay with it?”

“Y-Yeah, of course.”

Alice shook Noelle and woke her up. After brushing our teeth and getting changed, we all went to our respective rooms.

I was gonna sleep in my boxers, but Diana put on a loose silk camisole and matching shorts. We were silent. Awkwardly so. Finally, Diana asked, “Would you… rather sleep with them?”

“Ah? No, no. It’s not that.” I smiled wryly at her. “It’s just… This is your dad’s room. Are you sure it’s okay for me to be here?”

She chuckled. “It’s just a bedroom, not a temple or anything like that. He’d hate it if perfectly usable space was going to waste. That said, he might come give you a scare. He always said he’d do that to my boyfriends once he was gone.”

I laughed. “That’s…”

…

Wait. If Frey and the supernatural existed, then… T-There was no way, right? Well, I don’t know, but I did have a dream that night where an old man I didn’t know said things I don’t remember to me while wagging his finger like he was warning me.

‘Take care of her, you hear!?’ I think was the overall message.

Surely just a dream, right? Surely.

Aside from that dream, it almost felt like one of those nights where you close your eyes, open them and realize you slept for 7 hours.

I woke up with Diana’s head on my shoulder. She was still asleep and had her hand on my chest. Her breathing was soft, her face calm. The faint light slipping through the curtains gave this a surreal aura. It wasn’t often that I woke up next to one, any, of the girls. I liked it.

I had to stretch my arm to reach for my phone. 7:40 am. Early for a Sunday. I wondered if any of the girls were awake and… in what state.

Moving woke up my lover beside me. She stirred, her breasts rubbing against my side. I watched her rub her eyes, yawn, lick her lips and slowly come to. Her tired eyes met mine and she smiled at me.

“Oh, good. You weren’t a dream,” I told her.

Diana grinned, her cheeks blushing. She leaned forward and we embraced each other, sharing lazy kisses that escalated in passion little by little.

“Oliver… Dear?”

My heart skipped a beat. Why did she call me that? Why did it have such a powerful effect on me? I liked it.

“Yes?”

Diana kissed me again, this time lingering for a long, long moment. She cupped my cheek, ran her fingers along my hair, tasted my mouth thoroughly from my tongue to my teeth and gums. Then she pulled away, and with eyes full of care, passion and desire, she said, “Go to them.”

“...Ah?”

She smiled. “Go to the other girls. Do what you have to do.”

“B-But…”

“I’m fine.” She kissed my forehead. “I mean it. I… I don’t want to hog you. Okay… maybe a little,” she said, chuckling. “But I think I like you even more knowing you make other girls happy, too. So go. We’ll have another round later.”

She sounded so sure, so reassuring, so… happy and satisfied. It showed in her eyes, too, in the way she looked at me.

“I thought you were still figuring things out?” I half-asked.

“Turns out sleeping on a question sometimes helps more than you’d think. I have a better idea of what this relationship is now. And I know this is just the start, but… I like it. You have something very special here. So go, dear. I’m not the only girl you need to keep happy.”

My chest swelled and my heart pounded hard. I smiled, leaned in and kissed her lips. “I want you to meet my family soon. They’ll love you.”

Mirroring my smile, Diana nodded. “I’ll be there. I’ll win them over if I have to.”

Parting was even harder after that, but I did as she asked. After a night of pondering, Diana now better understood our relationship and what her own feelings about it were. I couldn’t ask for anything better.

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